Turkoglu and The Gang Get W

Reading, MA - Maybe it was Shu-ter Patel doing his best Eddie House impersonation when he scored seven straight points off the bench in the second half. Maybe it was Jay Wandtke putting in a Hedo Turkoglu-ish performance that saw him handle the ball at the high post, dish assists and score from the mid-range and in close. Danger Dan Fisher certainly showed up, and fired off some second-half daggers of his own against their Anderson opponents, as well. Whatever it was, it worked as OU battled, and then cruised, to an 81-65 win to get back above .500 on the season.

OU started the game on fire, as their passing and floor spacing was on full display. They kicked the game off with a ball-reversal to James "Stretch" Hogan IV for a slashing deuce. It was Hogan's first game back after missing a couple weeks with back spasms.

Anderson kept the game fairly close throughout the first half. After OU made their initial run to open the game, they then proceeded to turn the ball over like a bunch of 3rd graders on the playground and let Anderson back in. There were missed connections on ally-oops, 3 on 2's, and everything in between. But OU also sprinkled in some open three pointers and fast breaks to maintain a small lead.

Anderson wasn't able to sustain the second half offensive pressure, and Patel and Fisher helped catapult OU to the double digit lead, which they never relinquished.

OU moves to 3-2 on the season, with an upcoming match up with The Hustlers.